Negotiators at a United Nations biodiversity conference Saturday have still not resolved most of the key issues around protecting the world's nature by 2030 and providing tens of billions of dollars to developing countries ...
Environment
Dec 17, 2022
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Research claims made over recent years that people of East Asian and European descent perform differently on a well-known visual perception test as a result of fundamental cultural differences may be overstated, according ...
Social Sciences
Dec 15, 2022
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Protected areas are one of the most effective tools for safeguarding biodiversity, but new research published today has found that most Asian countries failed to achieve a global minimum target of protecting at least 17% ...
Environment
Nov 29, 2022
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A global wildlife summit that ends Friday passed resolutions to protect hundreds of threatened species, including sharks, reptiles, turtles as well as trees.
Ecology
Nov 26, 2022
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Widespread corruption is preventing Asian countries from effectively implementing measures to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions that are known to contribute to global warming, new research suggests.
Economics & Business
Nov 25, 2022
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We live in deeply unequal societies where certain groups, such as racial and sexual minorities, continue to experience structural oppression. Humor targeted at these groups can cause individual harm through its cumulative ...
Social Sciences
Sep 30, 2022
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Edible seaweeds and algae—or sea vegetables—are a group of aquatic plants that are found in the ocean. Kelp, dulse, wakame and sea grapes are all types of seaweeds that are used in seaweed-based dishes.
Agriculture
Sep 6, 2022
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The genus Didymorcapus Wall. comprises more than 100 species that are widely distributed from the Himalayas to the Malay Peninsula. Species in this genus have been used in traditional medicine as single herbs or in polyherbal ...
Biochemistry
Aug 29, 2022
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The Minamata Convention (MC) aims to restrict and limit the trading of mercury, a highly toxic pollutant. While most countries involved in artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM), the biggest source of mercury pollution, ...
Mathematics
Jul 19, 2022
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Scientists have described the youngest therizinosaur fossil from Japan and the first in Asia to have been found in marine sediments.
Paleontology & Fossils
May 31, 2022
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